Too good Dinesh ji, Looking forward to the week. SEASON'S GREETINGS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO OUR GROUP
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Nice work Dinesh sir. > Best wishes for the work ahead. > Keep it up. > Regards > Pankaj > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > In line with focusing on particular subject of flora, the next month will > > concentrate on FRUITS and VEGETABLES. > > And, the Monday of the focus week starts almost bang with the start of > the > > New Year 2011 (assuming that most of us will enjoy the extended > celebrations > > of the Christmas and New Year vacation). > > > > Earlier episodes dealt with single family of flora; this would cover any > (or > > many) families of flora. > > > > Hopefully, we all know our FRUITS and VEGETABLES ... it is as easy as a > > child non-scientifically deciding to differentiate between the two. > > Though both of these would be the edible parts of a plant, we would end > up > > deciding the "sweet" part(s) of the plant to be FRUITS, and all other > > appetitive tasting to be VEGETABLES. > > > > Scientifically, our usual understanding may get straightened and find > that > > some of the VEGETABLES are in fact "fruits" by definition, or other parts > of > > the plant like leaves, stem, root ... the FRUITS too, could be any other > > part of the plant. > > All said, if there is any trouble in differentiation, no worries ... > simply > > eat and enjoy !! ... because what some people know as VEGETABLE could be > > FRUIT to some other. > > > > Enough of what could be said about FRUITS and VEGETABLES ... more of it > can > > be found in interesting references: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piquance > > > > What is the scope of posting in this episode ? > > Per my understanding ... any FRUIT or VEGETABLE that is known to perish > in > > few days. > > > > > > What do we refrain from ? > > To avoid overlapping efforts among past and future episodes, we will > refrain > > from posting: > > DRIED FRUITS ... almond, apricot, cashew, date, figs, peaches, plums, > > raisins, walnut > > SPICES ... fennel, mustard, black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, saffron, > > turmeric, ginger, asafoetida, masalas, ... > > CEREALS (GRAINS) ... most of them covered in grasses ... barley, corn, > > maize, millets, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, wheat, sugar > > PULSES ... beans, peas, lentils, ... in dried form ... (OK, in wet form) > > PRESERVED or PROCESSED FOOD ... all that is consumed from cans, tins, > > bottles, pickles ... OK, if some of us have keen interest in discussing > > flora from preserved food. > > > > References used: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dried_fruit > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spices > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereals > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulses > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_food > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processed_food > > > > Most of us would be in the midst of vacations ... wherever you are, go, > go, > > go steal in broad daylight, every fruit and vegetable that you can get to > > see on a road-side seller, with your camera !! > > > > > > Happy posting ... Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all. > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- ~ik~ Dr.Inderjeet Kaur Sethi Associate Professor Department of Botany SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi Delhi-110007 M: 9818775237
